Lauren Dillon
Lauren Dillon
Lauren Dillon is Democratic National Committee’s Research Director. [undefined]
Career
Lauren is currently the Research Director for the DNC.
She previously worked as the deputy research director from 2011-2012.
She also worked as a senior research associate from 2011-12 and started at the DNC in 2009 as a research associate.
Before becoming involved in the DNC, Lauren was a Correspondence and judicial appointments coordinator in the Office of Gov. Culver and Lt. Gov. Judge, 2006-09 in Des Moines. [1]
Prior to this, she worked as an English teacher at Hebei Normal University in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province of China from 2005-06. [undefined]
Education
Lauren Dillon graduated from Drake University in 2005 with a Bachelor's degree in Psychology. [1]
Involvement in the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal
In emails released by WikiLeaks, Lauren Dillon provided CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper with questions they wanted asked to Donald Trump and Ted Cruz during television interviews. [undefined]
An email dated 28 April 2016 email exchange between DNC research director Lauren Dillon and some other Democratic officials and staff members titled "Cruz on CNN" mentioned that CNN was looking for questions to ask Senator Ted Cruz in an upcoming interview.
In an earlier email dated 25 April 2016, Dillon requested questions for an interview that Donald Trump was supposed to have with CNN's lead political anchor Wolf Blitzer.
The email titled, "Trump Questions for CNN" reads, "Wolf Blitzer is interviewing Trump on Tues ahead of his foreign policy address on Wed. Please send me thoughts by 10:30 AM tomorrow."
The Democratic National Committee helped CNN anchors Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper prepare for interviews with Donald Trump, the latest WikiLeaks email dump has revealed.